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  • Usage in publication:
    • McNeeley Drift*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cascades province
Publication:

Crandell, D.R., 1969, Surficial geology of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1288, 41 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:48,000) [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/b/b1288]


Summary:

Named for McNeeley Peak, north of Yakima Park, Cascade Range, WA. Typical moraine lies within north-facing cirque 0.5 mi south of McNeeley Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co, WA. Found in cirques at altitudes between 5500 and 6700 ft. Areas in front of McNeeley Drift consists of glacier-scoured bedrock or featureless Evans Creek Drift. Associated with rock glacier deposits of about same age. McNeeley Drift probably formed during latest part of most recent major glaciation, about 11,000 yr B.P. Map legend gives age as Sumas(?) Stage of Fraser Glaciation.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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